Met a WWII Fighter Pilot tonight ***UPDATE

What a great thread with great stories. Thanks for sharing.

When I opened a gas station in the late 80s early every morning.I had a guy that came down to buy cigarettes and he use to hang out for a few to get a break from his wife and three daughters. He told me one morning about how he was in the second wave of D-Day. It sent chills down my spine how he described that event. Watching Saving Private Ryan was EXACTLY how he told me what he went through. Scary stuff. Those guys (kids) did a tough job. Something I'm not sure many people could handle. We'll never see a generation like that again.